I hope you are getting to enjoy fun with family and full bellies on this Thanksgiving Holiday! I am about to start cooking, but I wanted to take a moment to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving a share a pretty fall card with you.

I needed a fall themed birthday card and the Pick a Pumpkin stamp set is the perfect set to make any type of fall themed card. I also used the beautiful Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper. I added in the Wood Textures Designer Series paper and cut it out with a die from the Eclectic Layers Thinlits. The pumpkins and Leaves were stamped in Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Tangerine Tango, Lemon Lime Twist and Daffodil Delight. All of these colors are found in the Painted Autumn Designer Series paper. The pumpkins and leaves were cut out with the Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits. I chose to use a Pear Pizzazz background rather than the Lemon Lime Twist color to soften the appearance of the card. The base of the card is Cajun Craze Card stock.

I hope you are having a fabulous time on this holiday and finding ways to be thankful for what you have.

I have an beautiful card to share with you today. This stamp set now available in the Holiday catalog and I have seen so many pretty cards out the set I am sure you will want to add this set to your collection soon.

This looks like it could be a patterned paper but it is all stamped! This stamp set really lets you make beautiful creations. To make this card I started with a blank piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock. To make the flowers I used Crushed Curry and Cherry Cobbler. I stamped off with the Cherry Cobbler to make it more muted. The leaves are stamped using Pear Pizzazz and Garden Green. I then took daffodil delight and sponged it on over the whole page to give it a muted yellow appearance. I layered the stamped page on Garden Green and then used some of the Painted Autumn DSP as another layer. The base layer is Crumb cake. The ribbon used is the 3/8 inch classic weave in Crumb cake. The sentiment is also from this same stamp set. The used the Layering Ovals Framelits to highlight the sentiment.

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I am back again to share this simple card that makes me super happy. I LOVE coffee! I must have it every day. Do you know someone who feels the same way? Maybe it is you? Well then, this cute stamp set is a must have!

Doesn’t it make you want a nice, hot cup of coffee right now? This card was made using the Coffee Cafe stamp set available in the annual catalog. Guess what? It is on sale from Oct 1 through Oct 10!! It will be 15% off just for those days only so now is the perfect time to grab it! I also used the Coffee Break Designer Series Paper which is part of the buy 3 get 1 free deal on DSP all through October! I used the Timeless Textures stamp that looks like a coffee stain to make the white paper look like a background paper. I stamped with Early Espresso ans Soft Suede. The base of the card is Soft Suede with a Very Vanilla layer in-between. I also cut out the coffee sleeve in Soft Suede using the Coffee Cups Framelit Dies. The coffee cup and the top were also cut out using these framelits and stamped with a stamp from the Coffee Cafe stamp set. The adorable coffee beans and sentiment comes from that set too! I finished things off with a pretty bow using the Crumb Cake Classic Weave Ribbon.

I hope you will considering getting this set and making your own coffee creations!

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Stampin’ Up! Is offering you some great deals in honor of World Card Making Day! This year the world celebrates the day on October 7, but one day wasn’t enough for Stampin’ Up. For ten days (October 1–10), you get 15% off Notecards & Envelopes and select stamp sets. Also, when you buy Fast Fuse Adhesive, you’ll get two refills for FREE! These items will help you celebrate the best hobby of all—cardmaking!

But that isn’t all you can get for a great price this month. Stampin’ Up! is also offering select Designer Series Paper as a Buy 3 get 1 free offer all through October!

We all love gorgeous Designer Series Paper so this is the time to stock up! This sale includes Designer Series Paper from both the annual and holiday catalogs. Even select Specialty and Designer Series Paper Stacks are on sale! So take advantage of this excellent opportunity to get lots of pretty paper.

See below for more detail on exactly what items are included in the sale. Did you see that notecards and fast fuze are part of the sale? They are!!

Just click on any of the pictures to get to my website and start shopping!

I am so excited to get to work on Halloween cards! It is my favorite holiday so any chance I get to play with Halloween goodies is a treat! The card I am sharing today is extra special because it is both a card and a Tealight Holder!

Isn’t this fun? This card is full of new items from the Holiday catalog. To make this card I started by cutting a 4 1/4 x 11 piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock. Then I scored that at 4 inches and 8 inches. When you make those folds you get a little tent structure that allows you to add a tealight inside. This card requires that you cut through three layers of paper and that is a little too thick for the bigshot to do all at once. The best way to do this is to start with the top layer (patterned paper in this example) and also cut the base layer at the same time (pumpkin pie). Once you run that through you then put the black paper on you cutting mat and add the patterned paper back on top. Then you put the die in the already cut hole so that it cuts the black in just the right place for you. The adorable pumpkin die used here is from the new Patterned Pumpkins Thinlit Dies. I added a layer of vellum on the back of the black card stock and then I took the Pumpkin die cutout and adhered that to the vellum. The black cat was punched out with the awesome new Cat Punch from the fun Spooky Night Designer Series paper. Stampin’ Up! is so smart to make paper that coordinates with their punches! I then added some of the adorable new Vintage Crochet Trim and Happy Halloween sentiment from the Spooky Cat stamp set. The finishing touch is the new Black Rhinestones Jewels. I think I need lots of these because I really like them!

This card is great for double duty as home decor and maybe even a table place setting!

I hope this has inspired you to start making your spooky creations. Are you a maker of Halloween cards?

I feel like the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland….I’m Late, I’m Late, for a very important date! Hopefully I am better late than never. 🙂 The Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog came out at the beginning of the month and there are many adorable goodies I am sure you will want. Today I am sharing a video that shows off some of the awesome new items you can purchase. I will have a new project to share from the catalog very soon.

Take a look!

Watching this makes me want it all!

I promise I have something awesome to share with you in the next few days, so check back soon!

I am back to share one of my creations with you today using the new Daisy Punch! Summer is not quite over yet so I wanted to be sure I enjoyed some time with my flower stamps and punches.

This card has such pretty colors! I used the Color Theory DSP that has the ombre look as my background. Then I stamped the Daisy with the stamp from the Daisy Delight Stamp set in two of the New In-Colors. Powder Pink and Berry Burst. I used Daffodil Delight to stamp the inside of the Powder Pink Daisy and decided to do a tone on tone with the Berry Burst Daisy using the same color for the inside. The make the sentiment I took the smaller Happy Birthday stamp from the Big on Birthdays set and gave it a curve when I put in on my block. The cute little daisies stamped in Daffodil Delight are also from the Daisy Delight stamp set. I used the Layering Ovals Framelits for the sentiment and finished things off with littler pearls.

This card could easily be used for many different occasions so give it a try!

The clearance rack has been updated so you should check it out! You can click on the banner above to get shopping or you can also click here.

I hope you are having a great summer. I will be back to share another creation soon!

I am finally home from a very extended time away from home helping out my brother. I am thankful to have visited him, but it is always nice to come home!

I found some time to do some stamping and came up with this card:

Stampin’ Up! carried over the Lift Me Up Stamp set and the Up & Away Thinlits from the prior catalog. I am so glad they did! I never had a chance get creative with this set until now. I was able to use the new Color Theory Designer Series Paper for this card by cutting out the gradient Berry Blurst colors with the Thinlits for the balloon. I also used the Berry Burst 1/2 inch Finely Woven Ribbon and the Glitter Enamel Dots to bring in more of this pretty color. I used Shimmery White card stock to cut out the balloon and the clouds. To make the sky look a little like wind was blowing, I embossed Soft Sky card stock with the Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I used Thick Whisper White card stock as my base.

While I have been away from crafting for a while, Stampin’ Up! added a wonderful new deal!

How awesome is that? I am late in telling you about this deal, so be sure you get some goodies before the end of the month so you will have some free money to spend in August!

Thanks for checking out my blog and I hope to share something with you again soon!

I have been visiting my brother in California and really haven’t had much time to post. Before I left I was inspired by the thought of sitting by the ocean and I came up with this fun summer card!

This sure makes me think of a wonderful summer day!

To make this card I used the Colorful Seasons Stamp set and the Seasonal Layers Thinlit Dies. This bundle is really a good one to have because you can make something for all four seasons! As I looked at my supplies I noticed the die that cuts out a Adirondack chair made me think of those fences you often see on the beaches. So I started with Sahara Sand cardstock and then used Sahara Sand ink to stamp a an image with the Woodgrain background stamp (this is retired but you can use the new Tree Rings Stamp set in its place!). Then I used the Adirondack chair die to cut out the “fence” To make it look like a fence I cut off the seat and the arms of the chair. That’s all there is to it! To make the sand I ripped pieces of Crumb cake paper. Then I used my Wink of Stella to make it look more like sand. The background is a white paper that I colored in lightly with Soft Sky using a sponge dauber. I stamped the chair in black in over the sand and the sky. It did not stamp perfectly so I colored in the missing black with my marker. The sun was cut out with a circle punch from the new Color Theory DSP. The cute little drink was stamped in daffodil delight and I used a framelit from the Seasonal Layers thinlit dies to cut it out. I finished it off by layering it on Real Red paper. The sentiment is also from the Colorful Seasons Stamp set.

I hope this gives a some great ideas with this versatile new stamp set!